SealingStemBolt

You really can't worry about such things at least as far as picking which airline to work for. If pilotless airliners become a thing then there's really nowhere safe to hide as a pilot. No airline will pass up the (supposed) cost savings and even airlines with fancy language in their contracts saying no to it will either figure out a way or will sink as they get eaten alive by competitors.

Pilots worry about statistically small boogeymen like this but yet not clear and obvious dangers such as losing your medical, dying or airlines going bust for all the regular reasons. The only safe options is to live well beneath your means and save, save, save until you're financially independent. Only then will it not matter what happens in the future.

Secondly, all this concern about Apollo doing this or that particularly with taking the gloves off in regards to cost savings: What do you think the existing management has been doing all this time? It was mere months ago everyone was whining about how miserly JD is and how pitiful the new CBA is blah blah blah. Fact is, I don't see Apollo doing that much different than when we were publicly traded. If anything, Apollo's resources might see more airplanes on property rather than mucking about securitizing aircraft debt through Wall Street. As for us? I just don't see management's motivations changing just because it's Apollo's show now. They'll still be constantly working on the tightest budgets that keep the operation moving to customer's satisfaction. If that means bumping the pay up for more pilots then they will but not unless it's absolutely necessary.

If anything, with the economy slowing down I imagine management would rather ride out the current pilot "shortage" expecting things to return mostly to status quo in a year. Much easier to do that than trying to roll pay back when the tide goes out.